From Mendelssohn’s scherzo in A Midsummer Night’s Dream to Grieg’s Morning Mood from Peer Gynt, music composed for the theatre was never just ‘incidental’ ...

They defined eras and left us timeless songs – yet these 12 iconic bands were a musical full stop, their sound still strangely unclaimed to this day ...

Gay, straight, trans. Brown, Black, white. Hippies, hipsters, yuppies. Kids, parents, nannas and paw-paws. Rich, poor, middle class. When it’s time to cut loose and let good times roll, a ...

Gabriel Dubreuil’s history with Festival du Bois is a long one, with his earliest memories not just about the music but instead the overall vibe. Raised in a proudly Francophone family on the West ...

Japanese author Haruki Murakami during a stop in New York, Dec. 12, 2025. The author, who brought Japanese literature into the global mainstream and has a new book out in Japan in June, grapples with ...

Music is a constant in physical retail and hospitality environments, yet many operators still treat their soundtrack as incidental rather than deliberate. New research covering Australia and New ...

Discover the latest new songs released today by Cass McCombs and Chris Cohen, Anne Hathaway, Rosa Walton, and more.

Musicians on playing the dining scene To say a musician is wallpaper is to say they are blending into the background. Most of ...

Plus, there’s Andrew Bird and a good amount of Finnish music on deck, thanks to the incoming maestro, who walked us through ...

The CSO’s 2026-27 season — the last before Klaus Mäkelä becomes full-time music director in fall 2027 — opens with a concert ...